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Magnum, P.I. Season 5 Episode 15

All For One

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Tyler McKinney, an old commando acquaintance, asks Magnum, Rick, and T.C. to help him rescue a buddy who is held prisoner after being captured in Chong Ker, Cambodia by Vietnamese soldiers.

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An old war acquaintance of Magnum's arrives at the Estate, and asks Magnum, Rick and T.C. to help him rescue a comrade who has been captured. Soon, the gang and Higgins are making a dangerous trail into Cambodia. Mixed but decent opener to this two-partermoreless

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By Jay-Spacedust, Jul 31, 2009

This review contains spoilers.

This story gets a mixed response from fans â€" some like it, some don't. And 'mixed' is generally how I would sum it up â€" on the whole, I like the plot, but there are certain elements that donâ€™t completely work for me.

Being a two-parter (the second of only two stories originally shown in two-part format, after 'Echoes of the Mind' at the start of the season), the pacing is noticeably much slower than normal (even the opening trailer is much longer than the norm), and this really slows the story down; as much as I liked the added 'depth', at a couple of points I was thinking "come on, get on with it".

This would have worked better as a more compact standard-length episode in opinion, but deciding factors, such as budget, probably deemed that this one was worked into a two-parter.

One thing I did notice, particularly in the (overlong) bar scene, was the stock covers of various songs used (such as Jimi Hendrix), in an era when standard TV episode budgets used song covers instead of the originals to save money. And these covers are HORRIBLE sounding; I'm glad it's a practice that has generally faded away in more recent times.

Once the story does finally hit its stride, we have the great action sequence of the ambush on the gangâ€™s boat; in a season where real action has been missing for a number of episodes, it is a welcome inclusion â€" even if it does feel like it drifts into 'The A-Team' territory at times (and I say that as a fan of 'The A-Team'!).

The scene of Higgins giving the injured Rick a blood transfusion via a bamboo shoot is enough to make me feel queasy.

As the story requires a number of ethnic actors, old MPI guest star stalwarts such as Seth Sakai and Clyde Kusatsu are called into play yet again â€" those guys must have made a packet from all of their guest appearances!

All-in-all, this is a reasonable opener to this two-parter, and certainly better than some of the weak stories of the fifth season. Although it is dragged out in places, it does build up well to Part II.moreless
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Fighting, in jungle, everybody gets involved.

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By abbeygrad, Dec 24, 2008

The most violent and exciting Magnum PI I have seen to date. Even Higgins participates in automatic rifle gunplay. This episode takes place in the jungle, with angry natives. Most enthralling episode to be seen. It was kind of disappointing that Magnum's wardrobe didn't include those underwear shorts for the entire episode. I guess in the jungle you actually wear long pants. Keep an eye out for this episode on RTN tv. I'm so glad there is a channel that plays this in primetime on a daily basis. Every vehicle in Thailand was shown to be a Jeep, I don't believe this is factually correct.moreless
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Tom Selleck	Thomas Magnum
Larry Manetti	Rick Wright
Roger E. Mosley	Theodore "T.C." Calvin
John Hillerman	Jonathan Quayle Higgins

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Robert Forster	Tyler Peabody McKinney	Guest Star
Seth Sakai	Major Thieu	Guest Star
Dustin Nguyen	Joe Hanamut	Guest Star

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- Magnum: Where you been, Tyler?
  Tyler: Been to an execution.
  Rick: Anybody we know?
  Tyler: Mine.
  T.C.: Well, I guess somebody messed up then.
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- Tyler: Got anything to drink?
  Higgins: Certainly not. And I demand an explanation.
  Tyler: Okay, General, just don't slug me, too.
  Rick: Go ahead, Higgins, belt him if you want.
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- The German episode title is "Alle für einen", the French title is "Tous pour un (1/2)", and the Italian title is "Tutti per uno (1ª parte)", all exact translations.
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- The on-screen title for this part is "All For One" (no mention of being part one). The episode title of this story appears center-screen; for most episodes the title is at the bottom of the screen.
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